salthouse

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noun

A salt processing facility.

OriginMiddle English salthous ← Old English sealthūs →
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Meanings

salthouse1

nounsalthouse (plural salthouses)

plural salthouses

  1. A salt processing facility.
  2. A storehouse for salt.

Salthouse2

proper nounSalthouse (countable and uncountable, plural Salthouses)

plural Salthouses · alternative Salters

  1. countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness district (OS grid ref SD2069).
  2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG075439).
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

salthouse · noun

  1. Old Englishsealthūs
  2. Middle Englishsalthous
  3. Englishsalthouse

From Middle English salthous, from Old English sealthūs, equivalent to salt + house.

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Salthouse · proper noun

  1. Old Englishsalthous“storehouse for salt”
  2. EnglishSalthouse

From Old English salthous (“storehouse for salt”).

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Cite this entry
APA

salthouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salthouse

MLA

“salthouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salthouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salthouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salthouse.

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